Oil on pressed panel, 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, signed l.r. and dated "63". One of the more interesting paths in the history of modern art leads from the French "primitive" painter, Henri Rousseau, to modern-day Paris and, specifically to 61, rue de Grenelle, the location of La Fondation Dina Vierny-Musee Maillol. Dina Vierny, a French artist's model was "discovered" at the age of 15 by the sculptor Aristede Maillol. Although they had not previously met, Maillol w ...click for details
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